From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Dec 30 8:22:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from richard2.pil.net (richard2.pil.net [207.8.164.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A900014D4F for ; Thu, 30 Dec 1999 08:22:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from up@3.am) Received: (qmail 63880 invoked by uid 1825); 30 Dec 1999 16:22:07 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 30 Dec 1999 16:22:07 -0000 Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 11:22:07 -0500 (EST) From: X-Sender: up@richard2.pil.net To: Nathan Mahon Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ECC RAM useless with FreeBSD? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Nathan Mahon wrote: > Aren't we talking about laptops for astronauts? they're going to be used > in zero-gravity right? so what does it matter what they weigh? For one thing, they have to get it into orbit, so believe it or not, every ounce counts. I forget what each pound costs to put into orbit, but my guess is that for a modern laptop, the cost of getting it there compares to the cost of the unit. James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor up@3.am http://3.am ========================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message